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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,077 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:05 PM Jan 29

Durbin rips Vance over Duckworth insult: 'Low and beneath the dignity' of a vice

Source: The Hill

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) criticized Vice President Vance Thursday morning, calling comments he made about the other senator from Illinois, Tammy Duckworth (D), “low.”

“I have learned over many years in office that politics ain’t beanbag. But JD Vance’s attack and insult of my colleague, Tammy Duckworth, is low and beneath the dignity of a Vice President,” Durbin said in a post on social platform X.

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On Wednesday, Duckworth slammed Vance after the vice president bashed her line of questioning at a Senate hearing. He compared her to the fictional character Forrest Gump, who was portrayed as having a physical and intellectual disability.

“Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs,” Duckworth wrote on X, noting President Trump’s medical draft deferments.


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/durbin-rips-vance-over-duckworth-184516058.html

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Durbin rips Vance over Duckworth insult: 'Low and beneath the dignity' of a vice (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 29 OP
Vance is a goddam wimp AverageOldGuy Jan 29 #1
You're right on! He's a psychopathic chameleon social climber. littlemissmartypants Jan 29 #4
You mean Iraq, but your point stands. n/t tinymontgomery Jan 29 #14
This is Vance's "I don't like people who were captured" moment bucolic_frolic Jan 30 #18
Wait, Vance has/had dignity ??? eppur_se_muova Jan 29 #2
Much like caribou barbie... 2naSalit Jan 29 #3
Or mascara. littlemissmartypants Jan 29 #5
Yes! 2naSalit Jan 29 #6
Love you, 2na. 😘 littlemissmartypants Jan 29 #7
. 2naSalit Jan 29 #9
. littlemissmartypants Jan 29 #10
Or eyeliner. stage left Jan 29 #15
They live their lives beneath the dignity. kacekwl Jan 29 #8
Such a firm and stern rebuke. LuvLoogie Jan 29 #11
Vance's sneering insults make him one of the most unlikeable characters in modern politics. thought crime Jan 29 #12
Wow, where is your soul, Vance? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 29 #13
There s no one with dignity Old Crank Jan 30 #16
Vance trying to bulk up his MAGA creds bucolic_frolic Jan 30 #17

AverageOldGuy

(3,598 posts)
1. Vance is a goddam wimp
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:31 PM
Jan 29

He tells us all about his Marine Corps service in Iran. True, he's a Marine which means he survived boot camp.

Then, he became a USMC journalist and spent his time in Iran in the rear with the beer. In Vietnam, he would have been known as a REMF -- Rear Echelon Mother Fucker.

Senator Duckworth flew Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq, was trying to extract wounded when her helicopter was shot down -- she lost both legs and some use of one arm.

J.D. Vance is not his real name and his book is 99% lie.

bucolic_frolic

(54,569 posts)
18. This is Vance's "I don't like people who were captured" moment
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:41 AM
Jan 30

that mimics Trump's put down of John McCain. But Vance doesn't like people who were wounded. Ouch, he is dumb.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,803 posts)
13. Wow, where is your soul, Vance?
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:35 PM
Jan 29

You, Trump, Noem, Miller, and a real small collection of Trump sycophants are getting dangerously exposed.

You are going to be held accountable.

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